This crisis was not triggered by Russia's attack on Ukraine, but was the result of a coup in Ukraine that was supported and provoked by the West, said the Russian president in his speech at the summit within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on Monday.
The second reason for the crisis is the West's constant attempts to draw Ukraine into NATO.
The claims are similar to what Putin has said before, a line that goes on to say that Russia has gone on the attack after feeling threatened by the defense alliance NATO's expansion eastward in Europe.
SCO brings together Belarus, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. At the summit in the large Chinese port city of Tianjin, several formulations from China's dictator Xi Jinping were also seen as criticism of the Western world.
Oppose the Cold War mentality, confrontations between different camps and gang behavior, said Xi in his speech.
In particular, the last phrase is interpreted as a jab at the US, and President Donald Trump's raised tariffs on China and other countries.
